What is being done for the Depressed classes

The more important steps taken during the last 15 years have included :— (i) The appointment of a Commissioner of Labour entrusted with the task of encouraging the eduction of the Depressed Classes. [...] United Provinces.—In the United Provinces the Goverment have encouraged the education of the Depressed Classes by the appointment of special supervisors of schools by the remission of school fees and by the provision of post-primary scholarships. [...] As a result of the control exercised and sympathetic guidance provided of 35 431 men left in the districts 16 417 eve already earned their emancipation from the provisions of the Criminal Tribes Act while 19 014 are still working under the supervision of the the officers of the Criminal Tribes Departments in the districts. [...] The Government have taken the following measures which are conducive to the improvement of the economic condition of the Depressed Classes : — (1) Modern weaving appliances such as improved flshuttle sleys and dobbies are popularised by means of propaganda among the hand-loom weavers of whom the Mahars form a considerable proportion with the result that the cottage weaver has been able to do [...] For the improvement of the political condition of the Depressed Classes in the Central Provinces and Berar the Government have also recommended to the Indian Franchise Committee to reserve 10 seats for those classes in plural constituencies.